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A new identity for committed couples
July 15, 2011
By
Kathleen McKiernan
kmckiernan@ricentral.com
SOUTH KINGSTOWN – Wakefield attorney, Debra L. Chernick, was lost for words until her life partner resolved a household catastrophe one year ago and she blurted out that he was as wonderful as any para-hubby could be.
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The founder of Para-kin was recently featured in a five part interview on www.examiner.com
Interview links are below.
» Part One: Para-kin Interview
» Part Two: Para-kin Interview
» Part Three: Para-kin Interview
» Part Four: Para-kin Interview
» Part Five: Para-kin Interview
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... so there I was tonight.. at an opening for a local art gallery. The female manager, in her late thirties, comes over and says, "I hear you are working on a new term.. something called Para-Kin." I acknowledge this and she says.. "Well, I have been with my partner for 15 years and I think its crazy to introduce him as my boyfriend but I respect those couples who have turned to a more traditional marriage so I don't want to call him my...

WHO IS THIS WEB SITE FOR?
Men and women who are in serious, committed relationships with a domestic partner, spousal equivalent, significant other, or same-sex union, where the "traditional marriage" between the couple is not their option. These loving relationships may or may not include children from a previous union. To be called one's "Para-wife" or "Para-hubby" is a loving alternative to the more traditional designations of the...